Clothes-line support.



B W WALSH CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912. 1 1 27, 1 27, Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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E. W. WALSH. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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EUGENE W. WALSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1912. Serial No. 698,248.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE W. WALSH, a-

.citizen of the United States, and a'resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved clothes line support for facilitating the hanging of clothes from the window of a dwelling.

it sometimes happens that the housewife in hanging clothes from the window has to reach so far out in order to put the clothes on the line that there is danger of falling out of the window especially if the window has a low sill. At any rate, when the weather is inclement, she must put her head out of the window, at the same time stretching and reaching, making her unnecessarily tired and lame.

It is an object, therefore, of this invention to provide a clothes line attachment whereby a portion of the line can be pro jected into the interior of the room, so that the housewife can readily place the clothes on the line while remaining entirely in the room, making it convenient and at the same time free from danger.

Another object of this invention is to provide a clothes line attachment which can be projected into the interior of the room and which can, when the clothes have been placed on a line, be manipulated to move the projected portion to the exterior of the room, so that the window can be closed and which, by the very act of projecting, will take up the sag on the line.

A further object of this invention is to provide a clothes line attachment which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong, durable and easily adjusted.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a clothes line attachment having a portion movable'from outside the window to a position into the window and back again with means for locking it automatically in either position.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawingsin which like reference characters denote corresponding parts, and in which--- Figure 1 is a contracted perspective view showing my device attached to a window. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing the support for the swinging crane and the locking means therefor. Fig. 3 is a contracted side View in elevation showing the attachment in the position with the crane projecting outside the window. Fig. 4- is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing the crane projected into the interior of the room, so that the clothes can be attached to the line from the inside of the house. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view showing the relation with the crane of the lock therefore.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of this invention as embodied in the form shown in the drawings, 1, indicates the window, to the casing of which is secured, in any suitable manner, a bracket 2 by means of screws 4. This bracket 2 is provided with an outwardly extending arm having a vertical bearing 3 into which extends a stub shaft 5 of a crane 6. The stub shaft 5 forms a point of pivot or rotatable mounting of the crane 6 and is located intermediate the ends thereof, but preferably at a much greater distance from one end than the other. The longer arm on one side of the pivot of the crane maybe indicated at 7 and the shorter arm at 8. At the end of the longerarm which turns downwardly somewhat, there is provided an eye which forms a means of attaching a pulley block 9 which is shown to have a single sheave over which passes an endless line 10. The line is supported in the yard in any suitable manner as by means of a pulley 11 supported on a pole 12. There is also provided on the crane 6 at the end of the short arm 8 preferably in a downwardlyextending portion 13 thereof. an eye 14 which forms a means of attaching a pulley block 15.

It is to be noted'that the pulley block 15 is double. that is, provided with two sheaves 16 and 17. One side of the pulley is closed, so that one reach of the pulley line 10 will be held at all times against movement out of the pulley block 15. The other part of the pulley block 15, however, is of the snatch block type, being open at tl1e'top,as

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at 18, so that the other reach of the line 10 can be snapped on and ofi' the pulley sheave 17.

For the purpose of locking the crane in its inner and outer positions, there is provided an automatic latch 19 which is shown in the form of a plate pivoted to the bracket 2 in any suitable manner as by means of a pin 20 provided with'a pair of latches 21 and 22, so located as to engage respectively the short and long arms 7 and 8 of the crane 6, in the outer and inner positions relatively of the crane. The depending teeth 23 which form the outer portions of the notches 21 and 22 are beveled on their outer sides, so that the arms of the crane 6 will readily raise the latch 19 when they swing under it, the latch falling after the .arms have passed to its locking position.

In the use of the device when the housewife desiresto hang the clothes on the line, the latch 19 is raised so that the long arm can be swung into the room into the position shown in Figs. 1 and4. One reach of the line 1.0 can be snatched out of the open portion of the pulley block 15, so that it will be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 4. The clothes can be then hung on the free reach of the clothes line 10 andthe latter moved out into the yard. When all of the clothes have been hungon the line, the free reach of the line 10 is moved from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 1, so that it will be secured on the block 15 and will move with the same during the horizontal swinging of the crane 6. The latch 19 which has previously automatically engaged the long arm of the crane 6 can be raised and the long arm of the crane swung horizontally out into the yard. The extension 13 will engage the bracket 2, so that the outer position of the crane is positively determined. When the crane comes to rest, the latch 19 which has been automatically raised by the short arm of the crane passing under it. will fall so that the notch 21 engages the short arm and automatically looks it against accidental movement.

It will be noted that'inasmuch as the eye 14 carrying the pulley block 15 swings from an outer position to an inner position so that its distance from the pulley block 11 is increased, that the slack of the line will be taken up to a certain extent. This gives a neat and trim appearance to the clothes line and prevents excessive sagging under the weight of the clothes.

It will be thus seen that'there is provided an extremely simple and inexpensive means whereby a horizontally swinging crane is used .to' manipulate one end of the clothes line so as to enable the hanging of the clothes by a party entirely within the room and which can be manipulated so that when the clothes are hung, the line can be moved to the outside of the room permitting the window to be closed.

l/Vhile I have shown one embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, alterations and modifications which may come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a clothes line support, the combi-- nation with a bracket having a vertical bearing opening therein, of a crane having a vertical stub shaft located'intermediate the ends thereof and projecting into said bearing, said crane being adapted to swing horizontally from an outwardly projecting position extending outside of a room to an inwardly projecting position extending inside into the room, and means on both ends of said crane for attaching a clothes line to said crane.

2. In a clothes line support, the combination with a bracket, of a crane pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on said bracket for horizontal movement, said crane having means for attaching a clothes line thereto at points horizontally disposed at opposite sides of the pivot of said crane, said crane being capable of swinging from a point with the ends thereof extending first on opposite sides of said pivotal point and moving to reverse their position so that a clothes line attached with the bite at one end of said crane and intermediate portions at the other end of said crane will first occupy an extended position and then occupy a doubled-back-on-itself position with the slack in the line taken up due to the relative movement of the ends of the crane with respect to the pivot of the crane.

3. In a clothes line support, the combination with a supporting bracket, of a crane pivotally mounted intermediate its ends for horizontal swinging movement relative to saidbracket, said crane being adapted to swing horizontally from a position projecting outwardly outside of a room to a position projecting inwardly into a room, single attaching means for a clothes line on one end of said crane, and double attaching means for a clothes line on the other end of said crane.

4. In a clothes line support, the combination with a supporting bracket, of a crane pivotally mounted intermediate its ends for horizontal swinging movement relative to said bracket, said crane being adapted to swing horizontally from a position projecting outwardly outside of a room to a position projecting inwardly into a room, means of New York, and State of New York this 01111 said crane forb attaching a lclothes line 17" day of May. A. D. 1912. t ereto, and don le-actin 10c cin means 4 4 4 engaging opposite ends f said Zrane to EUGENE WALSH 5 fasten it respectively in the two positions Witnesses:

thereof. SILAs I. ATWATER,

Signed at New York city, in the county LAURA J. MAnsH.

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